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While we wait for real results to roll in, let’s look at the not-so-real snapshots delivered by exit polls. Quick translation of those who respond to exit polls: People with too much time on their hands. A CBS exit poll shows that 41 percent of voter… …

Just like the Giants/Steelers game, the elections must go on despite the destruction caused by SuperStorm Sandy, decided New York and New Jersey pols this past week. And they had few ideas about how to make that happen. …

“I’ve got 2.4 million people out of power. I’ve got devastation on the shore. I’ve got floods in the Northern parts of my state. If you think right now I give a damn about presidential politics, then you don’t know me.” …

“We are anticipating that, based on the storm, there could be impacts that would linger into next week and have impacts on the federal election,” FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate said during Monday’s conference call with reporters. …

George W. Bush, if not an advocate of big government and deficit spending, certainly wasn’t its enemy. Not with No Child Left Behind, not with Medicare Part D, and not with two wars and a focus on national security that essentially left questions of domestic spending in the hands of congressional spendthrifts. …

The speeches are over. The road blocks are dismantled. The delegates are heading out of town. As the debris of the week that was is swept away, let’s savor some of the high points and low points of the Republican National Convention.

The Republican National Convention began a day late after the threat of Hurricane Isaac forced the GOP to reschedule.

Featured speakers included the nominee’s wife, Ann Romney, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Texas Senate nominee Ted Cruz. Plus, there was the roll call of the states, a surprise appearance by Ron Paul and lots of cowboy hats and Lone Star red, white and blue in the Texas delegation.